The Hatayspor Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hatayspor training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nikolai Rehnen is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hatayspor rebuffed over Juan Santos
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Goztepe have kept their man, and Hatayspor go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hatayspor promote Burak Torun from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Burak Torun has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Enes Dervisoglu joins the Hatayspor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Enes Dervisoglu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Murat Unai steps up from the Hatayspor academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Murat Unai has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hatayspor promote Muhammed Ozan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Muhammed Ozan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hatayspor
Engin Aksoy and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Alisson Cassiano in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Hatayspor are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Hatayspor ask about Mertcan Ayhan
A loan enquiry to Schalke 04: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Hatayspor
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Hatayspor
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Yunus Azrak